The Chickasha daily express., November 21, 1911, Image 1

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VOLUME TWELVE.
CHICKASHA, OKLAhtMA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1911.
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Judges Who Will Sit In tlie Proceedings
Against the United States Steel Corporation.
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Although negotiation between the Rock Island and the shopmen's
committee were broken off Nov. 10, hope that peaceful settlement of the
points at issue may yet be reached I expressed by the committee of
shop employes in Chickasha, in their reply to the circular issued and
posted here yesterday, outlining the company's position on the several
matter In controversy.
Below is presented the compan y's circular and the reply of the
shopmen:
COMPANY'S CIRCULAR.
To The Public anil all Shop Employes
Rock Island Mum:
lu view of the rumors of an im
pending strike of the shop employes
of the Rock Island Lines, and -recognising
the right of the public to have
full Information on a question that
involves its welfare, as well as one
which Involves the surrender to a
committee of employes the right to
say In what manner the corporation
shall perform Its service to the pub
lic, the following statement is sub
mitted: The policy of the company has al
ways been one of fairness toward Its
employes. It has withheld retrench
ment of forces as long as possible.
It has always paid wages equal to
those of contlgueus Un"s. Its men
have 'always served under worsting
rules and conditions asfavorable as
those of contiguous lines.
In view of these acts and the pres
ent business conditions of the coun
try, this company could not consider
anything that contemplated an In
crease In its expenses 'and lh Gen
eral Committee of SJiop Employes, st
the beginning of the conference, over
four months ago, were faiily advised
of this.' '" ' ;
Briefly, the Issues upon which the
employe' fcnmmlttae. Justify a Itrikt
? as follows:
1. They demand that the payment
of five hours minimum overtime shall
commence one hour earlier than at
present.
The company declines this, be
cause of Increased expense, with no
compensating return.
1. They demand that an employe
called to work overtime shMl "be re
leased upon completion of the job
called or held for, unless other emer
gency work arises which requires lm
roei'.sts attention and he is the only
man of his craft on duty."
Tbs company declines this, because
of Increased expense, and for the
reisoa that a. an is given a mint
kiuui of ivi ho-;' pay if he works
after six s. m. or p. m. The com
p.u Ui a rUV.t to tho e cf the
man fur the time paid, even though
lis Job for which h is called may
not consums all of that time.
3. They demand that laying off ;
and smpioyinf mea shall be governed
exclusively by seniority.
Th rrmi.iiff (Iodines this, for the
reason that its schedules with all oth
er employes provide that ability of
the Individual Shall be taken Into
consideration In employing and pro
moting men nd In reducing forces.
It Is the duty of the compuny to
treat all emplojf- alike and to give
11 fair and equal consideration, to the
end that the most efficient, honest
and diligent workmen shall be given
employment, and for the further re
mm that if forces were to be reduced
1n the manner demanded by the em
ployes it would permit them to mrii
cate those to be laid off. thereby pro
hibiting the company from ridding
. k aorvif-a f th. lm desirable em
ployes, and thus mbarrassinK it In
its efforts for economical operation.
4. They tiemsnd that only "run
ning repair" work be done wtieti
shops are closed; that time and one
half be paid to men employed in
regular hours, when shops nre dot
ed, upon minceUsnnous repairs to lo
comotives or cars, or upon whnt is
commonlv known Is "dead" work.
The company declines this. , be-1
cause of Incased expense which j
would remit from an idle force of j
such men, a erea'er part of the time,
as are nectary to be employed In j
keeping uorunninR repairs when
shops are closed, and declined for the
further reasun that it prevents the
company from eierclsing its right to
conduct Ha own business In the moht
economical manner.
f, They demand thai no fmemnn.
(Cot;t!cu'-l on F'ape Two.)
BOTH SIDES
REPLY BY SHOPMEN.
A committee of local shopmen last
ulght gave the Express the following
reply to the company's circular, each
point being taken up by number as
In the circular:
"There are three aides to this
strike question, i. e., the company',
the employe's and the public's and
the effort we are now making is no;
to be construed as an attempt io
regulate the company's business 'n
regard to the public but is simply an
effort on the part of the employes
to gain fair treatment and a reason
able compensation for their labor. .
"In regard to the company's poli cy
o' fairness to its employes some'hiig
might be said on both sides. If the
policy of laying ofr men Saturdays
and compelling them to , loaf the
streets like vagabonds and then re
quiring them to work half the night
for the following week can be called
lslr, then the company is fair fur
this Is a common practice.
"I. It is the aim of every union to
eftablish the 8-hour-day and our ob
Jrct in establishing an overtime rate
iS 15 ri? It oo ex;wtiive to he .'it
In practice because we don want
to work overtime. Anv phsici-a
Alll :!! feu that eight hours Is long
enough 'or a man to work and nt
work in excels ot that sm.un. is
detrimental to heal'h, es-e.vi: )'
when prolonged into the night.
"1. luis demand has been in vogue
for many years, although not covered
by agreement. The company has
lately changed the practice and wish
ed to hold a man to work the full
time. F'o." example if I was called
to work immediately after 6 o'clock
and worked one hour I would ordi
narily be released and paid for five
hours work, but the company now
contends that 1 must work till 9:20
for the fame price and the main ob
jection the employe has to this is
that he would not get hi supper till
10 o'clock. Th's would seriously in
convenience a man, snd his family as
it U not an unusual occurrence.
'?.. The reason we want seniority
to govern cxe,.u'viy In pmplnyinK or
layir.g off men i because the com
pany has taken advantage of the abil
ity part of the clause heretofore ex
isting. While we admit it is the du
ty of the company to treat all em
ployes alike and give fair and equal
consideration, we have found by ac
tual practice that seniority is totally
ignored. It Is a common thing for a
foreman to empio his friends, giv
ing them preference over men of
ability and seniority, totally Ignoring
men who have been long In the ser
vice and have borne the burdens of
many shut downs in hard limes. It
is a common practice also to obtain
their foremen from foreign roads be
cause they have a pull with the man
agement, claiming there are no men
of ability on the system to hold the
positions. This alone would look bad.
when you consider that the men on
the system have all been chosen by
tiie mauuKement and if their ability
is at fault It ran be laid to poor
Judgment in the company's eduction
of men. We contend ihl for a man
to obtain ?"!!!! y be must be a man
of ability to hold his position and our
bole reason for wishing seniority to
hold preference over ability Is to pre
vent the roanngemenl from giving pre
ference to member and relatives of
their families .which We contend is
not right.
"4. Running repair is what is
known as round house work. This
work is noces-.u-y to keep trains mov
ing. We have nr objections to them
petforming a'
even while
'Dead work' i
tied locumot
has been en
1 'he round-house worn
V..v shops are closed.
'L-tt done on tinman
out of service. It
-tnnrnry to 'dose' the
shops, then
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to call
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5 or 10 men to
thus prolonging
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"I never saw a patient'- rally so
well," said Dr. Walter Penquite at
noon today, speaking of J. S. Askew, i
victim of an accidental shooting
Monday afternoon. There are abso- j
lutely no unfavorable symptoms and I
he should recover rapidly." j
Mr. Askew suffered much at first j
but rested reasonably well during
the night and seemed much improved I
this morning. Probably 200 shot en- j
tered the fleshy part of his thigh. j
OF Till
PARTY TO!
Telegram b v. United Press. -
Lincoln Center, Kiins., Nov. 21. Kd
Fticord, the barber who acted us a
decoy of Miss Mary Chamberlain
when the latter was tarred last Aug
ust, resumed the stand, 'his morning
In the "ter. party' trial. He told bow
be had urged the girl to come with
him und related the details of the
tarring.
It is expected that the girl will
take the stand immediately "after Itic
ord finishes, i She- and here mother
are the only women in court. The j
courtroom is packed. It is expected
that the girl's testimony will be sen
aattoiirt. .... . .
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Dr. R. J. Gordon and Rex P.rown,
the young man who was shot by hU j
brother Tamiy P.rown at their home j
near Minco some time ago, were in j
Chickasha today and visited at the j
office of Assistant County Attorney I
C. C. Herndon. Mr. Brown's condi-
tion Is pitiful. His h ft side is prac- j
tlcally paralyzed. The arm and hand j
are In such condition that he can i
not use them and his left foot is al- i
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most useless. A deep wound In the i lne uealil 01 J1"1"1 was a groat
neck h;is never healed nJ the young j 8lKK'k- He had been iii with car
man will always be a cripple. ' buud blU was "ol lhouhht to be in
Dr. Gordon is treating his brother-! a Bor'wm rondlilon. He had been
in-law. Young Prown has just re-! hpad of UlP sprvice since' 102.
turned to the Cordon hemp from Ft I :
Worth where he went for special j
treatment. Tandy P.rown, the man j
who did the shooting is lying in the i
county Jail. He has made no state-i
ment concerning the affair. The j
preliminary hearing has never been I
held on account of Rex Brown's con- I
dition. For days he was not expect- i
ed to live and ever, now com plica- '
tions may arie at any time. j
Declares Norman Must
Come lo Chickaslia
rdgar Cowan, principal of the
Chit kasha High School and chairman
I of tho Bthletic committer. Btatd Pin.
phMicnlly today that tho local frwt
ball team will not go to Norman to
nlsv thn nmi. this nonann "If tho
Xormaa beys had come to Chickusha
alternate! during the years that the
team has been p laying, N'or-uan would
t due here this season. The Nor
TTtanites have refuseti to play on cer
tain occasions so that confusion has
arisen in the matter of whose t'.mu
It h to go to Norman. Chickasha
and Norman have played four games
and the game this year will make the
firth" savs Mr. Cowan, "and accord-
Ing to my way of counting Nu.man
should cume to Chiekusha. We piny -
ed oar first game seven year afo."
Mrs. Edith Andrews has Instituted
stilt in Jiulne ,T. I). Vance's court
sgal-ist May liui;;in9 fur renl. An
Attachment has been Issued in the
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SKAY
lb" three judges of the Lulled Mates circuit court heiore wimuj the goveniuienl s suit to dissolve the United
States Steel corporation will come up lire Judge (ieorge (jMy, .lutlun- viihu,u ji, ,, , tl au,i .hule Joseph Huf
fington. These Jmlges are the same who decided the suit iigiilu: '; so called i'mwder trust. That decision favored
the miverimient. '
DEATH OF SURGEON
GENERAL A SHOCK
Telegram by United Pres..
Washington, Nov. :'l. The body, of
Surgeon General Waller Wyman of
the U. S. Marine Hospital aervice,
vho died eHi iy tiiis moming v. ill be
tiisen to St. Louis tonight for burial.
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CHARITY
Two calls were registered early
today with the i'nited Charity so
ciety at the city hall. An old blind
lady, without money was reported fit
the Savoy hotel. Her son is a driver
for the Waters P.erce Oil compan
and had sent iii mother to Ok!:.horai j
: n,-v were- he understood there was j
I i''i'minn for the Wind. Th.- po-
t 1!rc ' mat cny sent ncr Da .. Jtrs.
j KinS. chairman of the relief commit j
j ,oe' sl)t'lU thls lllorni,' investigating
l tiie Case.
T!'p scrnn!?
call was turned in
from ?.2S North 4th street where a
woman with four small children wn?
found in destitute circumstances. The
woman had been in the country pick
ing cotton but on account of tiie
cold was forced to bring her children
to t.-nvn. 8he had only four quiltn
in the way of bedding. All of her
I ('llil,1ren are small, the two smallest
1m'i"K twins Just past six months of
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TWO CARS OF CATTLE SOLD
Thomas Pop's and W. W. Clark
marketed two car loads of cattle on
the Oklahoma City maikets yester
day. "1 'he.se were the only Grady
county r;itt!e t-n the market and the
pr'ce was satisfactory.-
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Washington, Xov. :i.The
cotton ginning report issued by
the census bureau today states
that ll,2ii9.&sr bales,, counting
round baies as half bales, were
ginned from the it'll rrowth to
Nov. 11, s.s compared with S,
7S0,4.TJ up to the same date in
PJlu.
Sea island TlJiifl bales this
year and 3 2 , C ?. 1 last year.
Two More Inquire
About Cblck&sba
Lettefs of inquiry from two men
who are looking for places to locate
to engage in business were r reived
by the Chamber of Commerce today,
Oi.p ninn is anvintiq In laest n rnn.
ly manufaeturinfi: business. He sny-.
that his business will give employ
ment to from 20 to 40 people and
that he bus the money to operate it.
He is writing to get additional in
formation concerning Chiekasha'k'
railroad facilities and other Induce
ments for the locution of a wholesale
business.
A man asking 'about the chances
here for the location of a business for
a mechanic was the second inquiry.
This man g an expert mechanic ami
has a few thousand dollars to invc.t
in a business that has a prospect of
paying good results. He is interest
ed in Chickasha.
LICENSED TO WED.
Jud;;') Williams issued marriage lie.
ense today to Pay MeCormaik aud
Miss Emma Morris, bjh of Chickasha,
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John Oravitt, 1217 So. Oth street,
victim of an accident In which his
bicycle collided with H. B. Johnson's
auto Sunday evening, was able to be
tit) town tortav. His foot and ankle
sustained a painful Injurv when he j
was thrown from his wheel. Mr. j
Orsvitt wm ridine north on 4th street
the hill on Idaho avenue. Both tried
to avoid the crash but were unable
to do so, as thew were traveling rap
Idly down hill. Col. Ike Cloud who'
saw the accident picked Gravitt up
and Dr. Thrailkill was called to care
for h'm.
"This is the third accident that has
occurred in practically the samo
place," said Col. Cloud. "One man
was" killed there and latter a little
girl was run over. It is a dangerous
place and some special precaution
should be taken to avoid future acci
dents." 1 tin
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"We hope to hnve the tax books
completed within c ftCi-k or tea days'
said Joe Lindsay, the county clerk
today. As soon as the books are fin
ished they will be turned over to the
county treasurer and the firsi half of
the 1011 taxes will then be payable.
Mr. Lindsay and his assistants have
been working overtime for months
to get the books xeady. They were
delayed much because of the late ac
tion of the board of equalization iu
fixing the slate levy and making the
returns on public service corpora
tions. WEATHER.
Tonight fair, warmer Wodncs-
(lay fair.
The Peeples Cass Gees
to Trial ia Federal
Court .
Mrs. Mary Peeples is the plaintiff
iu a suit for $20,000 damages against
the Frisco railway company which
went to trial in the federal court
here today. ,
The case grows out of an accident
in January I90f, at the Frisco cross
ing a few miles from Norge ia which
the husband of the plaintiff was run
over and killed. It is alleged that
the accident was due to the negli
gence on the part of the company.
The jury was selected this morn
ing and the witnesses were sworn
just before court adjourned ""or, noon.
Two dozen or more witnesses are to
be examined.
Staley & Smith and F, E. Riddle
are attorneys for the plaintiff and
the defendant is represented by J. II.
Want and C. M. Fechr.eimer.
The case of Laura Randall vs. the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co.
wa8 today dismissed at plaintiffs re--quest.
On motion of the plaintiff the case
of James E. White Jr, vs. the Cen
tral Life Insurance Co., was con
tinued till the November, 1912 term
at Chickasha.
Bezdecheck Case Argued.
Much of the time of the court yes
terday was occupied with arguments
growing out of the case of Frank Bez
decheck against the Chickasha Light,.
Heat & Power Co. The latter ob
tained a judgment in the state court
in a personal injury ca.se. Attorneys
for the 'beid huideu w tS.a iu.,,.f
brought suit for foreclosure ofama'f
gage on the property and a plea o
intervention was filed in behalf of
Bezdecheck, asking that hl3 jiuig--mnt
lien be declared a preference
claim over the bond holders' mort
gage lien. After hearing tha oral ar
guments, the court gave time for
filing briefs and a decision will like
ly not be rendered for a month or
more. Barefoot & Carmiehael and
Stewart and Cruce represent Bezde
check In the case.
W. J. Gregg, the United States at
torney of the eastern district, arriv
ed in the city last night from Tulsa
and is here for the term.
W. A. Ledbetter, the well known
Oklahoma City attorney, was here
today on federal court busiaess.
OLD SOLDIERS PLEASED.
j "I hope evpry old sold er will see
that show," said ('apt. J, S Downs
on coming out or the Crpheum last
night. The vaudeville attraction
made a hit and the old soldiers who
saw it laughed and cti" th
same time. It is a pieci Jever
acting, full of patriotism.
DEATH IN IOWA.1
Dr. Coryell received a m:Uage to
day from Chas. Nichols, Davenport,
la., saying that tiie hitter's; wife died
yesterday. No particulars were giv
en. Mr. Nichols was 'ormcrly em
ployed by the Rock Island here and
the family have many frie
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VISITING THE SCHOOLS.
C. F. NeWell mmty ,r.oriTjfntff-
ent has begun his work of visiting"
the rural schools. Mr. Newell la
"Pending iooy in the nnrtrt Test re
gion of the county rbrcmg't that part
of Grady county that was annexed
from Caddo, This is the first tim
that this territory has even teen
T'sited hy the county superintendent.
MERCHANTS Wll. 1 ZZT,
The Retail M
tion w ill me. t j
the office of L. J '
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7: .10 o'clock fot t' a ,
taking action ci . it'
portance t!;it ha 1 - :
fr several we ' '
of the assoclat! a re ' f
to be present.
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